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<h3>SPANA:  Printing Diagrams &amp; Making Figures for&nbsp;Reports </h3>

<p>Files with extension <nobr>&#147;<b>plt</b>&#148;</nobr> contain a
diagram in a device-independent <a href="SP_Plot-File_Format.htm">plot-file format.</a>
Plot files may be displayed and printed and they may be converted to other
file formats with the program SPANA.</p>

<p><b>Printing diagrams:</b> The quickest and easiest way is the
<nobr>&#147;Menu /</nobr> Print&#148; in a diagram window.
This prints the diagram with standard margins and size in order to fit the page.
A&nbsp;Windows-printer must be installed in order to use this method.</p>

<p><b><a href="SP_PDF.htm">Convert to PDF:</a></b> diagrams may be distributed
  as pdf-files to colleagues that do not have &ldquo;Chemical Equilibrium Diagrams&rdquo; installed.
  Pdf-files may be viewed and printed using software freely
  available in the Internet.</p>

<p><b>Making it pretty: </b>To create a figure for a report you
might wish to make some changes in the diagram</p>
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<li>Change the size and font in menu <nobr>&#147;Preferences /</nobr>
  Diagram windows&#148; of the SPANA program.</li>
<li>It is possible to modify a <nobr>&#147;plt&#148;</nobr> file directly
  with a text editor: <nobr>e.g.</nobr> remove
  or move labels, remove the heading, etc.
  See <a href="SP_Plot-File_Format.htm">plot-file format</a>.
  Use <nobr>&#147;Menu /</nobr> Redraw&#148; in the diagram to display the changes.</li>
<li>Convert the diagram first into another file format (for example: bmp or eps) as
  described below and then modify the new file with a graphics or text editor,
  depending on the new format.</li>
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<p><a name="Clipboard"></a>
<b>Insert a diagram in a publication</b> (for example in a <nobr>MS-Word</nobr> document):</p>
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<li><b>Copy/Paste:</b> Copy to the Clipboard with the <nobr>&#147;Menu /</nobr>
  <nobr>Copy as ...&#148;</nobr> in the diagram window. Paste the diagram in in the document.
  Different copy-to-clipboard methods are available for different system.<br>
	On the document you may click on the image and drag one of the edges to resize&nbsp;it.
  A &#147;metafile&#148; image is a high quality image that is
  independent on enlargement.
  </li>
<li><a name="BMP"></a>
  <b>Save a Bitmap file</b> with the <nobr>&#147;Menu</nobr> / Export to bitmap file&#148;
  in the diagram window. Different formats are available on different computer systems.
	These files may be edited with some graphics programs. Bitmap-files may be
  inserted in documents but they have a fixed resolution and the printed
  result depends on enlargement.</li>

<li><a name="Convert"></a>
<b>Convert to <a href="SP_PostScript.htm">encapsulated PostScript</a></b> using the <nobr>&#147;Menu /</nobr>
  <nobr>Convert to ...&#148;</nobr> in the diagram window:
Encapsulated PostScript files may be inserted in a document
  and then printed.  PostScript files may be edited to add, delete
  or move labels. Note: some word processors may not display these
  files on the screen (only a rectangle is then shown where the picture will
  be placed, the diagram however appears when printed).</li>
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